Transparency and Trust with AI-News in Germany

This project investigates the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on media trust and audience perception in journalism. Specifically, it examines how labeling news content as AI-generated influences credibility and trust among german readers. The research combines a comprehensive review of media trust and AI literature with an experimental online survey to identify key patterns and differences across audience groups. Results highlight that labeling AI-generated content does not universally affect trust but significantly impacts individuals with lower media trust, who perceive such content as less credible.

Raw Data and Codebook obtained from Online Questionnaire with Combined Experiment. File "data" contains raw date, "codebook" contains codebook and data types. "Questionnaire" contains the study information which was visible to the participants